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HarperCollinsisproudtopresentitsincrediblerangeofbest-loved,essentialclassics.In1913,RabindranathTagorebecamethefirstnon-EuropeantowintheNobelPrizeinLiterature,andheremainsoneofthemostimportantvoicesofBengaliculturetothisday.Theseshortstories,writtenmostlyinthe1890s,vividlyportrayBengalilifeandculture.Tagore’streatmentofcasteculture,bureaucracyandpovertypaintavividportraitofnineteenth-centuryIndia,andallareinterwovenwithTagore’sperceptiveeyefordetail,strongsenseofhumanityanddeepaffinityforthenaturalworld.Tagore’sstoriescontinuetoriseabovegeographicandculturalboundariestocapturetheimaginationsofreadersaroundtheworld.